Stile
Stile , noun
[See Style.]
1.
A pin set on the face of a dial, to cast a shadow; a style. See Style. — Moxon
2.
Stile , noun
[Old English stile, Anglo-Saxon stigel a step, a ladder, from stīgan to ascend; akin to Old High German stigila a stile. r164. See Sty, v. i., and compare Stair.]
1.
A step, or set of steps, for ascending and descending, in passing a fence or wall.
There comes my master... over the stile, this way.
Over this stile in the way to Doubting Castle.
2.
(Architecture) One of the upright pieces in a frame; one of the primary members of a frame, into which the secondary members are mortised.
In an ordinary door the principal upright pieces are called stiles, the subordinate upright pieces mullions, and the crosspieces rails. In wainscoting the principal pieces are sometimes called stiles, even when horizontal.